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ON THE SOUL SIDE

Label: KENT SOUL
Releasedatum: 01-06-2018
Herkomst: NL
Item-nr: 3832861
EAN: 0029667086929
Levertijd: Gemiddeld 28 werkdagen

Recensie

Over the years we have been asked to issue CDs versions some of the most popular Kent LPs we put out in the 1980s. With the exception of “Slow’n’Moody, Black & Bluesy”, a few releases in our Hip Pocket series and some solo collections, we have held off until now. “On The Soul Side” is a good place to start, as it was our first compilation drawn from a catalogue other than Kent/Modern. A superb collection of mainly big budget 60s soul sides sourced from the Capitol, Liberty, Minit, Imperial and United Artists family of labels, only a quarter of the tracks on the LP have since appeared on Kent CDs. With an extra 10 like-minded soul songs added, it means that no more than 15.3846% (approx) are likely to be in even the most avid Kent fan’s collection.

For nostalgic souls the first 16 tracks are sequenced as on the LP. Reliving those numbers brought home how good a collection of soul this was. The opening bars of Patrice Holloway’s ‘Love And Desire’ are brimming with instrumentation and backing singers, with her terrific vocals topping it off. Patrice also contributes the fabulous previously unissued ‘The Thrill Of Romance’ from her ‘Stolen Hours’ session – a must for 60s soul fanatics. The collection storms on to more uptempo, metropolitan soul classics from Little Anthony, Bobby Sheen and Jimmy Holiday with Clydie King. We then move south to Memphis for Homer Banks’ brass-fuelled ‘A Lot Of Love’ and Bobby Womack’s ‘What You Gonna Do (When Your Love Is Gone)’. Deeper into the south we hit R&B central – New Orleans – for crucial dance discs from Benny Spellman, the Showmen and Earl King.

Let’s not forget the ballads –Kent was always an all-inclusive soul provider. From the original LP we have monumental, smouldering songs from the O’Jays, H.B. Barnum and Garnett Mimms, while Marv Johnson, Lou Rawls and Merry Clayton are fitting additions to the much-loved genre. White soulsters Ginger Thompson and Timi Yuro are joined by blue-eyed soul brothers the Magnificent Men whose LP track ‘Nobody Treats Me The Way You Do’ is a highlight of late 60s Chicago soul written by Marvin Smith, arranged by Sonny Sanders and produced by Carl Davis – top credits.

Los Angeles also featured heavily on the LP with numbers from Gene McDaniels, Jimmy Holiday and several already mentioned. Additional West Coast gems on the CD come from June Jackson with the cute dancer ‘It’s What’s Underneath That Counts’ and Clydie King with the beautiful and poignant soul song ‘If You Were A Man’.

New York was home to ace composer Ellie Greenwich who penned the Exciters’ pugnacious ‘Do-Wah-Diddy’ with her husband Jeff Barry and later covered Jon Hendricks’ raucous ‘I Want You To Be My Baby’. Sylvia Robbins cut the groovy ‘Don’t Let Your Eyes Get Bigger Than Your Heart’ in NYC after she had split from her singing partner Mickey Baker. She would go on to become the successful owner of the All Platinum label and the first to release hip hop records. That’s a story for another day. Meanwhile, let’s enjoy soul music from its (and Kent’s) heyday.

ADY CROASDELL
Door Redactie op 2018-05-29

Tracks

Disc 1
1. Patrice Holloway
2. Little Anthony
3. Bobby Sheen
4. Jimmy Holiday & Clydie King
5. Homer Banks
6. The O'jays
7. H.b. Barnum
8. Garnet Mimms
9. Benny Spellman
10. The Showmen
11. Ginger Thompson
12. The Exciters)
13. Ellie Greenwich
14. Gene Mcdaniels With The Johnny Mann Sin
15. Jimmy Holiday
16. Timi Yuro
17. Clydie King
18. The Magnificent Men
19. Patrice Hollow
20. June Jackson
21. Bobby Womack
22. Earl King
23. Sylvia Robb
24. Marv Johnson
25. Lou Rawls
26. Merry Clayton

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